Capabilities of the Scaffolding Macros
The Scaffolding macros are available in an add-on distributed by Service Rocket, whose website 
explains that Scaffolding gives a Confluence instance the ability to do the following:
- Create forms to fill in
- Collect and display data
- Manipulate and evaluate data
- In conjunction with the Reporting macros (not installed on the NCI Wiki), create reports from data
- Using live-templates, create pages with forms and data; these forms and data will change dynamically wherever the template is used, each time the template is updated.
Service Rocket organizes the macros in a hierarchy as follows:
- Tables (table-data)
- Templates (live-template)
- Fields
- date-data
- eval-data
- excerpt-data
- get-data
- group-data
- hidden-data
- number-data
- repeating-data
- set-data
- text-data
- Lists (list-data)
- label-options
- content-options
- list-option
- attachment-options
- user-options
- Attachments (attachment-data)
List of the Scaffolding Macros
In the Service Rocket Macro Reference , a complete list of the macros is provided:
- attachment-data
- attachment-options
- content-options
- date-data
- eval-data
- excerpt-data
- get-data
- group-data
- hidden-data
- label-options
- list-data
- list-option
- live-template
- number-data
- repeating-data
- set-data
- table-data
- text-data
- user-options
Using the Scaffolding Macros
To use the Scaffolding macros
- Enter { and the first few characters of the name of the macro.
- When the macro browser opens, select the macro, complete the dialog, and insert the macro.
To edit a page with Scaffolding macros
- Select the Edit Contents link.
- Complete the fields provided.
To edit the page
- Select the Edit link.
- Make the changes and select Save.
These tips are provided to show tasks that can be completed using one or more of the macros on the NCI Wiki. These examples were initially adapted or excerpted from Atlassian's pages for Confluence 3.4.
Additional Information
The following resources provide more information about the Scaffolding macros.
Videos
- Videos listed on the Service Rocket website
- Scaffolding Plugin video on YouTube
- Scaffolding and Reporting Plugins video on YouTube
Overviews, User Guide, Example
- Atlassian's overview
- Service Rocket's overview
- User Guide
- Example from New York University (search for "Scaffolding Plugin")
Scaffolding Tags - Do Not Use
Scaffolding macros should no longer be enclosed inside Scaffolding tags.
